, 1887-06-21
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Cosby Little Paragraphs Picked UP
Throughout the City.

Denver bricklayers are receiving S.. SO
per day of eight hours.
Notwithstanding the warm weather,
the attendances at the churches was very
large Sunday.
The city board of equalization will re.
quire about a day longer in which to fin
ish its work.
The fence around the new depot is be-
ing torn down. and work will soon begin
on the new Pacific hotel.
A big court martial will be held at Fort
Russell early next month. Gen. Henry
Morrow, of Fort Sidney, will be the pres
ident.
As can be seen on several of the large
bill boards about the city, Janish, the
actress, spells her name with a big j and
a very large III.
Gus Jenkins is the happy owner of
''Tige." a blooded bull dog from Chi
cago, one of the homeliest animals ever
seen in this part of the country.
Mr.. Schultz Yolker is now a citizen of
this great republic, he having obtained
final naturalization papers at the Office of
the clerk of the district court yesterday.
Sterling Birmingham brought in a car
of fine beeves from his feeding ranch near
Laramie yesterday. They averaged l $50
pounds and were sold tn a Cheyenne meat
market.
Chief Contractor Fitzpatrick, of the
Cheyenne & Burlington, was in town
Sunday. He says the company intends
to keep its promise, and have trairs
running out of this city November l..
Now that the Thalia theater has done
for the season a movement is on foot TO
organize a dramatic club for the purpose
of giving a series of performances at the
opera house during July and August.
A drunken Swede who raised merry
Cain in several saloons about town last
night was arrested at midnight while try
ing to run the ranch at the Key City
house. He resisted the officer at first,
but was finally locked in the cooler.
Col. Sitter, United States revenue
agent, has taken charge of the insurance
business which E. P. Snow has success.
c~essfully conducted for many years in this
city The colonel is a genial gentleman
and merits success.
A Colorado cattleman says in the Dem
yer Ne'cs that he has solved the dehorn-
ing problem by stocking his range with
thoroughbred Polled tingus bulls, and de.
clares that the result is a muley breed of
good form and rapid maturity.
A carload of ore was shipped from
Silver Crown to Denver Sunday for treat
ment by the new electric process. Should
the result warrant it an elecric smelter
will be erected at Silver Crown by Mr..
Wade, the proprietor of the Denver
works.
AT the meeting of the city council to
held this evening some definite action
will probably be taken on the subject of
securing a filter. If the order is sent to
the factory at once the filters cannot be
built and put in operation here before
Sept. !.
The Belle Fourche Irrigation Ditch
company filed articles of incorporation
in the Office of Secretary Shannon. 1t Is
a Sundance, Crook county, concern, with
a capital of $40. 900. The trustees are
A. 7 Rabbit, Jno. Winterling and B.
F. Fowler.
Two train loads OF cattle, containing
about 1000 head, passed through the
city over the Cheyenne & Northern Sun
day. They are the first consignment of a
bunch of about 2 200 head which are des
tined for Clay & Forests ranch in Da-
kota. The cattle were shipped from Las
Animas. Col.
j. G. Abney has sworn out a warrant
for the Arrest of John Welsh, charging
the latter with maliciously numbering a
burro belonging to the former gentleman.
1t is claimed that Welsh was out hunting
and, installing the diminutive burro for
Jack rabbit, shot it.
The new management of the Union
Pacific has evidently started out with the
intention to reduce the running expenses
OF the road if possible. Thirteen clerks
were formerly employed at the Office of
the company in this city, and but six of
the number are now ON the pay roll.
The same story come from all along the
line.
Grand excursion, Cheyenne to Chicago
and return. via Union Pacific railway,
via Omaha and Chicago & Northwestern
railway. Tickets will be on sale going
from the 9th to the 18th of July
inclusive at Union Pacific ticket office
Fare for round trip, good to return on or
before September s, $37. s5. Tickets can be
purchased and sleeping berths secured
through to Chicago by calling upon Mr..
L. N. Shanks. agent Union Pacific rail
way, Cheyenne. Note that this excursion
Is open TO everybody